The captain of the French national team, Kylian Mbappé, appeared with a face mask in the colors of the French flag during his team’s training in preparation for the strong confrontation against the Dutch national team, on Friday evening, but European Football Association rules will not allow him to wear such a mask during matches.
Mbappe suffered a broken nose during France’s opening match against Austria in the European Nations Cup, and according to French local reports, officials with the French Football Federation are examining mask options that are in line with the rules of the tournament held in Germany.
The newspaper reported,IndependentThe British newspaper, on Friday, stated that the rules of the European Football Association stipulate that the medical equipment worn by players on the field must be one color and must not contain the name of the team or the manufacturer.
The French RMC network report stated that there is a group of masks already ready for Mbappe to wear, and some of them will be suitable for European Union regulations, and France will verify this during the technical meeting for the match against the Netherlands, whose national team is nicknamed “The Windmills.”
He suffers from a broken nose. Mbappe’s teammates are looking forward to his participation against the Netherlands
Kylian Mbappe’s teammates hope that he will be available to participate against the Netherlands, on Friday, in the European Football Championship, after he suffered a broken nose last Monday.
On Thursday, French national team coach Didier Deschamps said that Mbappe is recovering “well” and may be ready to face the Netherlands, adding during the press conference on the night of the match: “Everything is going well. It was a strong shock, but he was able to go out and train yesterday.” And participate in some activities.
He added: “Things are moving in the right direction enough for us to try to make it available tomorrow. We will do everything we can to make it available.”
Mbappé performed running exercises during the first quarter-hour of the training session open to the media, on Thursday, but he was often trying to adjust his mask, which indicates some discomfort with this necessary protection that allows him to return to matches, according to Agence France-Presse.
The top scorer, who moved to Real Madrid from Paris Saint-Germain, trained alone with a physical trainer on Wednesday, wearing a bandage on his nose, and also participated in executing some shots with the rest of his teammates.
The other striker, Antoine Griezmann, confirmed in the press conference that his colleague was “fine.” He continued: “The swelling of the nose has subsided a little. We will wait to see until the last minute, depending on how he feels.”
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